The Forest of Mystery

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aughing. Mr. Holton could not help joining

" Mr. Holton said, as soon as he could get his breath

grin

g to." The youth ben

manded, sitting up and rubbing

laughed st

aded Bob, as soon as he coul

ered himself a

ith difficulty, "a terrible mistake. It seems that Bob here mi

Then his gaze fell on Bob, who was wondering

ushing past me so wildly I thought sure you were the

continued to

s that you whip up a wallop of a punch. You're the first bird that's eve

e me, sir," Bob said.

hinking about that thief," he went on, looking about the ba

on through the house. He reached the front door in

s he caught sight of the thief ru

anded, running i

was but a short distance away when the latter jumped into his car

rd, but failed. Then, criticizing himself for not arrivin

Mr. Holton's sedan, but foun

going after him. His car could run

r and friends to appear, but when they

after?" The speaker was Bob, who had ap

" the other youth answered, and then

'll fix him. There's a telephone in that front room the

have been cut," s

prise, the telephone

eeing man and the car he was driving, the officer moved that they make a tho

cer. "You younger fellows can search the upper fl

e led the way up the stairway. "If t

ar when he left," said Bob. "He was

find no trace of the stolen specimens. They went back

ade their way downstairs. "We've looked all over the place, but it's no use. O

y could recover the box of stolen specimens. Then, when they were about to find them and arrest the

ed to look once more, even though it had become necessary to switc

as to be found. Tired and downhearted, the five left the

at the police station, and

ens, perhaps," moaned Mr. Lewis, as he broug

r of optimism. "Like that officer said, with radio and al

Mr. Holton. "I certai

efore we leave for Afr

from his mind all the afternoon and evening. "You will take Joe and me with you, won't you?

at once. "In fact, there have been times when Ben and I

thinking this thing over, and I believe the tr

cried Joe

ewis resumed. "And we'll have to credit them with a lot of ini

ther hopefully, alth

on the opport

s Mountains. Were successful in about everything. And the moving-picture house was well pleased with th

rose from

" he suggested. "And it won't be easy to get their c

e matter of allowing Bob and Joe to go, but

chums, "we can let you know la

big chance of things going in his favor. "But

t a call from the Lewis reside